Vilcabamba Spinetail
Cranioleuca weskeiRemsen, JV, 1984
English (US) Vilcabamba Spinetail
The Vilcabamba Spinetail (Cranioleuca weskei) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Andes of south-central Peru (Mantaro Valley in JunÃn southward to Cordillera Vilcabamba in Cusco)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cranioleuca weskei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Vilcabamba Spinetail
- Described by
- Remsen, JV, 1984
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cranioleuca marcapatae weskei
- Described by
- Remsen, JV, 1984
- Type locality
- 2°36'S 73°30'W, Cordillera Vilcabamba, Cuzco, Perú.
- Original description
- Wilson Bulletin 96, no.4 p.515-523,front.
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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